JP2013134746A - Information processing unit, information processing method and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compile the results of a survey in consideration of not only answers to questions but a time required for the answers and an order of the answers to the questions, etc.SOLUTION: A respondent of a survey writes answers using a digital pen. In that case, the digital pen stores track information written by the respondent of the survey using the digital pen together with time information, in the digital pen. After completing the responses to the survey, the track information and the time information are acquired from the digital pen, and order of the responses of the survey and a time required for the responses are calculated on the basis of the information. The results of the survey are compiled using the response order information and the required time information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology that enables automation and detailed analysis in answer counting work such as a questionnaire using a digital pen.

  There are electronic pens that can store the described information and transmit it to the outside. By using this electronic pen and dedicated paper, it is possible to obtain detailed information on when and where the electronic pen is held over the paper. For example, the handwriting including the stroke order can be reproduced in detail, and the time required for the writing can be acquired.

  There are various services and solutions that use this feature. Patent Document 1 uses an electronic pen to score a test in consideration of the answering time and behavior of the students. Technology is disclosed.

JP 2007-102817 A

  However, although scoring for individual students' answers was taken into account, the response characteristics and reliability including the total time required for individual answers compared with all the participants were not considered. For this reason, in operations such as questionnaires as a whole, not individual results, detailed responses and analysis regarding the contents of questions, answer environments, etc., and the reliability of the results, etc., could not be achieved.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of easily performing a more detailed and accurate analysis in a counting work such as a questionnaire.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that performs a questionnaire totaling process, and the questionnaire obtained by the digital pen used when the user answers the questionnaire An acquisition means for acquiring pen information including time information and information on the handwriting of the digital pen at the time of answering, the order of answers to the questions when the user answers the questionnaire using the pen information acquired by the acquisition means, and the questions The time required for answering each question is adjusted by using the first calculation means for calculating the time required for answering the answer, the order of answers calculated by the first calculation means, and the time required for answering the questions. And adjusting means.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus that performs a questionnaire counting process, and is a digital pen used when a user answers a questionnaire. The acquisition process of acquiring pen information including the information about the handwriting of the digital pen at the time of answering the questionnaire and the time information acquired, and the question when the user answers the questionnaire using the pen information acquired in the acquisition process Answers to each question using the order of answers to the questions, the first calculation step for calculating the time required for answers to the questions, the order of answers calculated in the first calculation step, and the time required for answers to the questions And an adjusting step for adjusting the required time.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the computer program according to the present invention provides an information processing apparatus that performs questionnaire totalization processing, acquired by a digital pen used when a user answers a questionnaire, An acquisition means for acquiring pen information including handwriting information and time information on a digital pen, and using the pen information acquired by the acquisition means, the order of answers to the questions when the user answers the questionnaire, and the answer to the questions As a first calculating means for calculating the required time, an adjusting means for adjusting the required time for answering each question, using the order of answers calculated by the first calculating means and the required time for answering the questions. It is made to function.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of easily performing a more detailed and accurate analysis in a counting work such as a questionnaire. For example, it is possible to reflect a case that is suspected of being seriously answered or a case that seems to have been answered without worrying about a clear answer in the result of the questionnaire.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a digital pen 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 200. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the handwriting information collection process at the time of the questionnaire reply performed with the digital pen. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a questionnaire totalization process performed by the information processing apparatus 200. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the reply time calculation process of step S401 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the reply time adjustment process of step S402 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the reliability calculation process of step S403 of FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of a pen information table 800 stored in a memory 101 of the digital pen 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of an answer column coordinate information table 900 recorded in an external memory 211 of the information processing device 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of an average answer time information table 1000 recorded in an external memory 211 of the information processing device 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of an answer order table 1100 recorded in an external memory 211 of the information processing apparatus 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of an individual information table 1200 recorded in an external memory 211 of the information processing device 200. FIG.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a digital pen 100 used when answering a questionnaire in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a digital pen 100 includes a memory 101, a processor 102, a wireless communication I / F controller 103, a pressure sensor 104, an infrared LE 805, a camera 106, a battery 107, and a cartridge 108 therein.

The memory 101 stores a predetermined application program for controlling the digital pen 100. It also holds a pen information table used by the application. Furthermore, property information (pen information and pen owner information) regarding the digital pen 100 itself and its owner can be held and can be referenced from the application. The pen information includes battery level, pen ID, pen manufacturer number, pen software version, subscription provider ID, and the like.

  The memory 101 of the digital pen 100 further stores a dot pattern arrangement of the dedicated paper in order to specify the position (coordinates) of the digital pen 100 on the dedicated paper with a predetermined application program. By reading the dot pattern of the special paper, it is possible to immediately determine which position (coordinates) of which special paper the digital pen is inserted.

  The processor 102 comprehensively controls each device and controller in the digital pen 100.

  The wireless communication I / F controller 103 can connect and communicate with an external device by performing wireless communication using light or radio waves. The wireless communication I / F controller 103 can perform, for example, IrDA (Infrared Data Association) communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, communication using the IEEE 802.11 standard, and the like.

  The pressure sensor 104 detects the pressure applied to the pen tip when the user writes characters on the dedicated paper 10 with the digital pen 100, that is, the writing pressure, and supplies the detected pressure to the processor 102.

  The infrared LE 805 irradiates the imaging area of the camera 106. A camera 106 serving as an information processing reading unit reads a dot pattern on a dedicated sheet and supplies the pattern data to the processor 102.

  The handwritten data of the user can be recorded by the cooperation of the pressure sensor 104, the infrared LE 805, and the camera 106. Specifically, the processor 102 switches on / off the infrared LE 805 and the camera 106 based on the writing pressure data provided from the pressure sensor 104. That is, when the user writes characters on the dedicated paper with the digital pen 100, the pen tip portion is subjected to writing pressure. Therefore, when the writing pressure exceeding the predetermined value is detected, it is determined that the user has started the description, and the infrared LE 805 and the camera 106 are operated.

The battery 107 is for supplying power to each element in the digital pen 100. For example, the digital pen 100 itself can be turned on / off by attaching or removing a cap (not shown) of the digital pen 100. .

  The cartridge 108 is a component similar to a normal ink pen. When pressure is applied, the ink inside is applied to the ground plane. The above is an example of the hardware configuration of the digital pen.

  Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 200 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus 200 of the present invention acquires handwriting information recorded at the time of answering a questionnaire from the digital pen 100, and performs a questionnaire totalization process based on the acquired handwriting information.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204. Further, the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 is necessary for realizing a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) that is a control program of the CPU 201, an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS), and a function executed by the information processing apparatus 200. Various programs to be described later are stored.

  A RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 into the RAM 202 and executing the loaded program.

  An input controller 205 controls input from an input device 209 such as a keyboard and a pointing device. A video controller 206 controls display on a display device such as the display device 210. These are used by the operator as needed.

  A memory controller 207 is connected to the hard disk (HD), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA card slot for storing a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, etc. via an adapter. The access to the external memory 211 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory is controlled.

  Reference numeral 208 denotes a wireless communication I / F (interface), which can perform, for example, IrDA (Infrared Data Association) communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, communication using the IEEE 802.11 standard, and the like. This is an interface used to communicate with the digital pen 100.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the display device 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 202, for example. Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display device 210.

  The processing of each step shown in the flowchart to be described later for realizing the present invention is executed by a program that can be read and executed by a computer, and the program is recorded in the external memory 211. Then, it is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary. Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used when executing the program are also stored in the external memory 211, and a detailed description thereof will be described later.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the handwriting information collection process at the time of a questionnaire response performed by the digital pen 100 will be described.

  First, the processor 102 of the digital pen 100 determines that the answer sheet has been checked (YES in step S301) when the information indicating the detection of the pen pressure is supplied from the pressure sensor 104, and advances the process to step S302. Then, coordinate information indicating the position of the answer sheet touched by the digital pen 100 and time information are acquired and recorded in the pen information table 800 shown in FIG. 8 (steps S302 and S303). Then, by repeatedly executing the above processing, handwriting history information at the time of answering the questionnaire is recorded in the pen information table 800.

  Similarly, when it is detected that the digital pen is moved on the answer sheet, coordinate information and time information indicating the position of the answer sheet touched by the digital pen 100 are acquired and stored in the pen information table 800. I will do it.

  Then, the above-described processing is performed until it is determined that the answer to the questionnaire has been completed because, for example, the writing pressure has not been detected for a certain period of time when a certain time has been reached. The above is the description of the handwriting information collection processing at the time of the questionnaire response performed by the digital pen 100.

  Here, the data structure of the pen information table 800 created by the digital pen performing the process of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The pen information table 800 is a data table in which information indicating the trajectory of the digital pen at the time of answering a questionnaire and time information are registered.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the pen information table 800 includes coordinates 801 and time information 802 as data items.

  Coordinates 801 are data items for registering coordinates on the answer sheet touched by the digital pen 100. The time information 802 is a data item in which time information when the digital pen 100 touches the coordinates indicated by the coordinates 801 is registered. The above is the description of the data configuration of the pen information table in FIG.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, an outline of the questionnaire totalization process performed by the information processing apparatus 200 will be described. Before performing this process, the information processing apparatus 200 acquires the pen information table 800 from the digital pen 100 used by all users who answered the questionnaire via the wireless communication I / F 208, and the information. Are recorded in the external memory 211.

  First, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 performs an answer time calculation process for calculating how much answer time is required for each question of the questionnaire for each user (step S401). Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 5, the details of the answer time calculation process in step S401 of FIG. 4 will be described.

  First, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 acquires the answer column coordinate information recorded in the answer column coordinate information table 900 (FIG. 9) recorded in the external memory 211 (step S501).

  Here, the data structure of the answer column coordinate information table 900 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The answer column coordinate information table 900 is a data table for storing and managing the coordinates of the answer column (mark) for inputting an answer to each question of the questionnaire (mark sheet method). As shown in FIG. 9, the answer column coordinate information table 900 includes a question number 901, an answer number 902, and an answer column coordinate 903.

  The question number 901 is a data item in which information indicating the question number of the questionnaire is registered. The answer number 902 is a data item in which the answer number of the question registered in the question number 901 is registered.

  The answer column coordinates 903 are data items in which the coordinates of a mark rectangle to be marked in order to make an answer registered in the answer number 902 for the question registered in the question number 901 are registered. In the answer column coordinates 903, the upper left and lower right coordinates of the mark rectangle are registered, and the area of the mark rectangle can be determined from the information.

  The above is an example of the data configuration of the answer column coordinate information table 900 of FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. After the process of step S501 is completed, the processes of steps S502 to S507 are performed on the pen information table 800 stored in the external memory 211 and acquired from the digital pens 100 of all users who answered the questionnaire.

  First, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 acquires a pen information table 800 of a user who has not performed the processing after step S503 (step S502). Then, using all the pen information data included in the pen information table 800, a questionnaire response order table for the user is created.

  CPU201 acquires pen information data in order of time (Step S503). Then, it is determined whether the coordinates registered in the coordinates 801 of the pen information data are within the rectangle indicated by any of the answer field coordinates 903 in the answer field coordinates information table 900 acquired in step S501 (step S501). S504).

  If it is determined YES in step S504, the process proceeds to step S505, and several pen information data subsequent to the pen information data acquired in step S503 are acquired. It is determined whether the digital pen 100 has been moved within the field rectangle (step S505).

  If “YES” is determined in the step S505, the process proceeds to a step S506, and the question number to which the answer is made from the coordinate information indicated by the pen information data and the answer number are specified. Also, a response time is determined from the time 800 of the pen information data (step S507). Then, a new record is added to the answer order table 1100 shown in FIG. 11, and the answer order, question number, answer number, time required for answering, etc. are registered (step S508).

  Then, by executing the above processing for all the pen information data included in the pen information table 800 acquired in step S502, the response order and required time of the user's questionnaire are acquired.

  The above is the detailed description of the answer time calculation process in step S401 of FIG.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 11, the data structure of the reply order data table 1100 created by performing step S401 (details of FIG. 5) of FIG. 4 will be described.

  The answer order data table 1100 is information created for each user who answered the questionnaire, and is a data table for managing the answer order, required time, and answers of the user's questionnaire.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the answer order data table 1100 includes data items such as answer order 1101, question number 1102, answer number 1103, answer required time 1104, reanswer 1105, and the like.

  The reply order 1101 is a data item in which information indicating the reply order to the questions is registered. The question number 1102 is a data item in which the question number of the question that has received an answer is registered. The answer number 1103 is a data item in which the answer number of the answer made to the question is registered.

  The required time 1104 is a data item in which time information required for the answer is registered. The required time is calculated using the answer time of the question answered immediately before and the answer time of the question.

  The reanswer 1105 is a data item in which information indicating whether the answer to the question is a reanswer is registered. When a new answer is accepted for a question that has already been accepted, information indicating that it is a reanswer (for example, “◯”) is registered in this reanswer 1105.

  The above is an example of the data configuration of the answer order data table 1100.

  Returning to the description of FIG. After the answer time calculation process in step S401 is completed, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 continues the answer time adjustment process (step S402). Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 6, the details of the response time adjustment processing in step S402 of FIG. 4 will be described. In this process, for example, when a certain question (referred to as question A) is skipped and the answer to the next question (referred to as question B) is made first, the time required for question B is not asked. There is a problem in setting the time from the answer time of the question C answered immediately before the answer of B to the answer time of the question B.

  That is, the user tried to answer question A after answering question C, but after thinking for a long time, the user may skip the problem and answer question B first. It is. Therefore, in order to cope with such a situation, the present invention adjusts the answer time required for each question when the answers are not made in the original question number order.

  The CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 adjusts the time required for answering each question of the questionnaire of all users who answered the questionnaire by performing the process shown in FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 601, a reply order table 900 of users who have not performed the process shown in FIG. Then, the question to be answered next is set to the question of question number 1 (step S602). Thereafter, the processing from step S603 to step S610 is performed on the response sequence data included in the response sequence table 900.

  In step S603, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 acquires response order data in the order of responses from the response order data table 900 acquired in step S601. Then, it is determined whether the question number registered in the question number 902 of the answer order data acquired in step S603 matches the question number to be answered next (step S604).

  If “YES” is determined in the step S604, the process proceeds to a step S607, and the answer required time 1104 of the answer order data is registered in the answer required time 1203 of the question number in the personal information table 1200 shown in FIG. A new required time is registered by adding the time information. Also, the answer number is registered.

  On the other hand, if it is determined NO in the determination process of step S604, the process proceeds to step S605, and it is determined whether a skip answer that skips the question that should be originally answered and answers another question is performed. If it is determined in this determination process that a skipped answer has been made (YES), the process proceeds to step S608, and a skipped response time calculation process is performed.

  Here, a method of calculating the answer time in the skip answer time calculation process will be briefly described. In the present invention, the time required for answering each question when a skipping answer is made can be set as follows. An example will be described in which the answer to question 3 is made before the answer to question 2 is made after the answer to question 1 is made.

(1) The required time calculated by subtracting the time for answering question 1 from the time for answering question 3 is the time required for question 3.
(2) The time required for question 2 and the time required for question 3 are calculated by apportioning the required time calculated by subtracting the time when question 1 was answered from the time when question 3 was answered.
The apportioning method at this time is as follows: (a) simply dividing equally, (b) calculating the apportionment count from the time required for question 2 of other users and the time required for question 3, and using the apportionment count. It is possible to employ a method such as calculating each required time. Note that it is set in advance which method is used to calculate the response time when a skipped response is made.

  In step S608, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 calculates the skip answer time by any one of the above methods, and calculates the answer time of each question. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S609, and a new required time obtained by adding the required time calculated in step S608 to the already registered answer time is registered in the answer time of each question in the individual information table 1200. Also, information (for example, “◯”) indicating that the answer to the question has been skipped is registered in the skip of question 1204 to which the answer has been skipped. Further, the answer number 1202 is registered for the question for which an answer has been made.

  If it is determined NO in the determination process of step S605, the CPU 201 advances the process to step S606, and determines whether it is a reanswer to a certain question. If it is determined YES in this determination process, the process proceeds to step S607, and the required time is calculated from the answer time of the question answered immediately before the question and the answer time of the question. The time required for the question is calculated by adding the time already registered in the individual information table 1200 as the time required for the question to the time.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S609, and a new required time and answer number are registered in the answer required time 1203 of the question that has been re-answered in the individual information table 1200. In addition, information (for example, “◯”) indicating that a re-response to the question has been performed is registered in the re-response 1205.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 12, the data configuration of the individual information table 1200 stored in the external memory 211 of the information processing apparatus 200 will be described. This individual information table 1200 is created for each user who answered the questionnaire, and includes information such as the response time required after adjustment for each question, whether the user skipped the answer to the question, or whether the user re-answered the question. It is a data table to be registered.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the individual information table 1200 includes data items such as a question number 1201, an answer number 1202, a required answer time 1203, a skip 1204, a re-answer 1205, and the like.

  The question number 1201 is a data item in which the question number of the questionnaire is registered. The answer number 1202 is a data item for registering the answer number of the answer made by the user with respect to the question indicated by the question number 1201.

  The required response time 1203 is a data item in which the time required for the user to answer the question is registered, and the required response time after the response time adjustment processing in step S402 in FIG. 4 is registered.

  The skip 1204 is a data item in which information indicating whether or not the user skips the answer to the question when answering the questionnaire is registered.

  The re-answer 1205 is a data item in which information indicating whether the user has answered the question a plurality of times (answered again) when answering the questionnaire is registered. The above is the description of the data configuration of the individual information table in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In step S609, after registering the answer number of the question indicated by the answer order data, the time required for answering, etc. in the personal information table 1200 of the user, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 advances the process to step S610 and then replies. Set questions to be answered. At this time, as a question to be answered next, the CPU 201 basically has a question number next to the question number of the question that was answered immediately before (question 4 when the previous answer is question 3). Set questions. However, questions that have already been answered are not set as questions to be answered next.

  If there is no unanswered question with a question number larger than the question answered immediately before, the unanswered question with the smallest question number is set as the question to be answered next.

  Then, the processing from step S603 to step S610 is performed on all the response order data included in the response order table 1100 acquired in step S602.

  After that, if the processing shown in the figure has not been performed on the other users' reply order table, the process proceeds to step S601 to obtain an unprocessed user's reply order table. Repeat the process.

  Then, after the processing of steps S601 to S610 is completed for the reply order tables of all users, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 advances the processing to step S611, and requires the answers registered in the individual information table 1200 of all users. The average answer time information table 1000 shown in FIG. 10 is created using the time information. The above is the detailed description of the response time adjustment process in step S402 of FIG. In the present invention, it is possible to appropriately adjust the time required for the answerer of the questionnaire by performing such processing.

  Here, the data structure of the average answer time information table 1000 recorded in the external memory 211 of the information processing apparatus 200 will be described with reference to FIG. In the average answer time information table 1000, the average answer time required for each question calculated from the answer time information of each user's questionnaire after the answer time adjustment process shown in FIG. 6 is managed.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the average time answer table 1000 includes a question number 1001, an average answer time 1002, and answer time 1003 of each respondent as data items.

  The question number 1001 is a data item in which the question number of the questionnaire is registered. The average answer time 1002 is a data item in which the average time required for answering all users of the question is registered. The answer time 1003 of each respondent is a data item in which the answer required time for each question of each answerer is registered. The data structure of the average time answer table 1000 has been described above. The average time answer table 1000 is used in the reliability calculation process in step S403 in FIG.

  Next, the details of the reliability calculation process in step S403 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. In this process, the reliability of each user's questionnaire response is calculated based on the total time required for answering the questionnaire, the average response time for each user for a certain question, the time required for answering that question for that user, and skipping. A calculation process is performed in consideration of the presence / absence of an answer and re-answer. Before performing this process, the reliability of the answer to each question of each user is set to 100.

  First, in step S701, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 acquires the average answer time information table 1000 created in step S611 of FIG. 6 and recorded in the external memory 211. Then, the processing after step S702 is executed for all the individual information tables 1200.

  First, the individual information table 1200 of a user who has not performed this process is acquired (step S702). Then, it is determined whether the time required for answering the entire questionnaire of the user is less than a preset time (first predetermined time) (step S703). If it is determined in this determination process that the time is less than the first predetermined time, the time required for answering the questionnaire is so short that the user considers that the user has appropriately answered the questionnaire without thinking too much, The reliability of answers to all questions of the user is deducted (step S704).

  Next, it is determined whether the time required for answering the entire user questionnaire is equal to or longer than a preset time (second predetermined time) (step S705). If it is determined in this determination process that the time is equal to or longer than the second predetermined time, it is assumed that the user has carefully considered the answer to each question in the questionnaire, and the answer to all the questions of the user is answered. The reliability is added (step S706).

  Thereafter, in order to increase or decrease the reliability of each answer to each question of the user, the processing from step S707 is performed.

  First, in step S707, the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 acquires a record of questions for which reliability is not adjusted in the individual information table 1200 acquired in step S702. Then, it is determined whether the time required for answering the question is shorter than a certain time by the average answer time 1002 of the user of the question in the average answer time information table 1000 (step S708). If it is determined in this determination process that the time is shorter than a certain time (YES), the user is regarded as answering this question without hesitation, and the reliability of the question is added (step S709).

  Further, it is determined whether the time required for answering the question indicated by the record acquired in step S707 is longer than a certain time by the average answer time 1002 of the user of the question in the average answer time information table 1000 (step S710). If it is determined in this determination process that the time is longer than a certain time (YES), the user is regarded as answering after having troubled with this question, and the reliability of the answer to the question is reduced (step S711).

  Furthermore, even when the question is skipped when answering the questionnaire (YES in step S712), the reliability of the answer to the question is deducted (step S713). Also, when the question is answered a plurality of times (step S714), the reliability of the answer to the question is deducted (step S715).

  Note that the above-described reliability adjustment method is merely an example, and it goes without saying that different adjustment methods may be adopted depending on items to be emphasized. For example, in the case of a questionnaire that wants to know an intuitive impression, it is possible to adopt a method of giving higher priority to the reliability when the response time is short.

  As described above, by performing the processing from step S707 to step S715 for all the questions, the reliability of the answer to each questionnaire question of the user is calculated.

  The CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 200 can calculate the reliability of answers to all questions of all users by performing the processing from step S702 to step S715 for all users.

  In the present invention, by adopting the above-described configuration, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of easily performing more detailed and accurate analysis in a tabulation work such as a questionnaire. For example, it is possible to reflect a case that is suspected of being seriously answered or a case that seems to have been answered without worrying about a clear answer in the result of the questionnaire.

  For example, for a question, 30% of users who answered A, 25% of users who answered B, 35% of users who answered C, 10% of users who answered D, In contrast, the number of users who answered A with a high degree of reliability is A, or the number of users who answered B with a reliability of 50 or higher is 40%, and that less than 50 is 60% Is possible.

The present invention can be implemented as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like, and can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices. You may apply to the apparatus which consists of one apparatus.

  Note that the present invention includes a software program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely from a system or apparatus. The present invention also includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Examples of the recording medium for supplying the program include a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW. In addition, there are magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R), and the like.

  As another program supply method, a browser on a client computer is used to connect to an Internet home page. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be downloaded from the homepage by downloading it to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the downloaded key information and install the program on a computer.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the technical idea or the main features thereof.

100 Digital Pen 101 Memory 102 Processor 103 Wireless Communication I / F (Interface) Controller 104 Pressure Sensor 105 Infrared LED
106 Camera 107 Battery 108 Cartridge 200 Information Processing Device 201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
204 system bus 205 input controller 206 video controller 207 memory controller 208 wireless communication I / F (interface) controller 209 input device 210 display device 211 external memory

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An information processing apparatus for performing a questionnaire counting process,
An acquisition means for acquiring pen information including time information and information related to a handwriting of the digital pen at the time of the questionnaire response acquired by the digital pen used when the user answers the questionnaire;
Using the pen information acquired by the acquisition means, a first calculation means for calculating the order of answers to the questions when the user answers the questionnaire and the time required for answering the questions;
Adjusting means for adjusting the time required for answers to each question using the order of answers calculated by the first calculating means and the time required for answers to the questions;
An information processing apparatus comprising: 2. The information according to claim 1, wherein when the answers calculated by the first calculating means are not performed in the order of the question numbers, the adjusting means adjusts the time required for answers to the respective questions. Processing equipment. The adjustment means includes information indicating that the answer to the third question is performed by skipping the second question and then answering the second question in the order of answers calculated by the first calculating means. In the case where the answer time of the first question and the answer time of the third question are divided by a predetermined ratio in proportion to the answer time of the first question and the answer time of the third question, The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second required time that is a required time for the question and a required time for the third question are calculated. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a second calculating unit that calculates an average required time by using the response required time of each user after being adjusted by the adjusting unit. Information processing device. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising: a reliability calculation unit that calculates the reliability of the answer to each question of each user using the required time for answering each question of each user and the average required time. The information processing apparatus described in 1. An information processing method performed by an information processing device that performs a questionnaire counting process,
An acquisition step of acquiring pen information including time information and information related to the handwriting of the digital pen acquired by the digital pen used when the user answers the questionnaire;
Using the pen information acquired in the acquisition step, a first calculation step of calculating a response order for the questions when the user answers the questionnaire and a time required for answering the questions;
An adjustment step of adjusting the time required for answers to each question using the order of answers calculated in the first calculation step and the time required for answers to the questions;
An information processing method comprising: An information processing device that performs questionnaire counting
An acquisition means for acquiring pen information including time information and information related to a handwriting of the digital pen at the time of the questionnaire response acquired by the digital pen used when the user answers the questionnaire;
Using the pen information acquired by the acquisition means, a first calculation means for calculating the order of answers to the questions when the user answers the questionnaire and the time required for answering the questions;
A computer program that functions as an adjusting unit that adjusts the time required for answering each question using the order of answers calculated by the first calculating means and the time required for answering the question.

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